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A Mystery of ‘Consciousness’ & Dualism Solved!
Sadhu Kirtanpriyadas
Abstract:- Life, Death, Consciousness and Mind in reference
to human body have been a mystery to mankind forever.
This paper solves all those by discovering an element
responsible for these mysteries!
 Life and Death:- Some believes death of brain as death,
some relate it to heart or breathing. This paper defines death
all different from these. This paper proves an element
responsible for life, absence of this element is death and
presence is life! It will astonish the Medical Science and the
world of Doctors to change their belief about life and death.
This might change some research field’s agenda to turn 180
degree and start discovering the facts in a very new
direction!
 Consciousness:-Philosophy of mind scholars believes
consciousness responsible for life, but they are failed to
provide even an acceptable definition of ‘Consciousness’.
Neuroscience holds brain responsible for thinking, learning,
feelings, memory etc.. This paper proves that brain plays a
secondary role but there is another substance which plays
key role in preserving memory and responsible for feelings,
learning and thinking. This substance receives perceptions
through brain and other sensory organs, and keeps them in
its memory even up to next births.
This paper solves the “Hard Problem of Consciousness”
and “Mind Body Problem”.
Some world renowned great icons had said:
● “The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the
proper execution of all physical action.” - Bruce Lee
● In 1990 Francis Crick, the joint discoverer of the double
helix, declared, “because most workers in these areas cannot
see any useful way of approaching the problem”.
● David Chalmer told in 2015 conference at Moscow, “I think
in next 100 years neuroscience won’t be able to understand
consciousness!”
Some great thinkers and philosophers had mistaken
consciousness to behaviour (Behaviorism), some to brain state
and some to identity state!
What happens if we start a journey of 100 thousand miles
without any direction? Without Google map or sign boards?
After wandering so much it will naturally put us nowhere. It will
be a waste of time and efforts resulting into frustration! Due to
lack of anyone’s empirical experience of consciousness, journey
to find consciousness in body happened like that!
But here I am very glad to declare that I found complete
empirical perception of these mysteries in a book
“Vachnamrutam”. The book is a compilation of debates relatedto
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much about these mysteries. In this book, main character
“ShrijiMaharaj” unleashes His complete empirical experiences of
consciousness - Body, Mind and the Soul. I think this might be
for the first time, we have empirical ground for these mysteries.
ShrijiMaharaj could see Mind, Soul and consciousness as it is!
He had answered to various typical questions regarding
these mysteries in book “Vachnamrutam”.
It had also discussed how Soul, Mind and Body interacts
with one another in detail.
So, when I put together,
1. Philosophical inquiries related to said mysteries
2. Modern scientific discoveries (Reincarnation & NDE)
3. Empirical Experiences of ShrijiMaharaj
Then it unfolded and solved the puzzles and mysteries very
easily before the world.
Keywords:- Consciousness, Philosophy of Mind, Dualism, Mind-
Body Problem.
I. INTRODUCTION
I finished my engineering in computer science in 1993.
For 7 years I engaged myself with software business. Those days
every morning I used to read a book “Vachnamrutam” on
philosophical concepts like consciousness, mind, body and soul
etc. I was very much impressed with the clear explanations on
these mysteries. I kept studying it repeatedly. In 2001 I wind up
my entire software business and devoted myself to HDH
Pramukh Swami Maharaj (Former Spiritual Leader and Head,
BAPS Swaminarayan) full fledge to understand the secrets
within the body and universe. For 2 years from 2003 to 2005 I
studied and understood the book “Vachnamrutam” exclusively
under guidance of P. Brahmdarshan Swami (No. 1 scholar on this
book) and other teachers on this book. From 2005 I used to study
Veda, Upnishdas, Ramayan, Bhagwat, World Religions till 2009.
Along with studies, to understand and grasp more knowledge
about these mysteries, serious spiritual practice was necessary.
So I did those as well.
In 2014 I started masters in Philosophy. I was learning
world philosophies and religions. In 3rd semester I was very
much excited while I came across the challenging philosophical
problem “Mind-Body Problem” and mystery of
“Consciousness”. My excitement was for the solutions I recalled
from the book “Vachnamrutam”.
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I came across the fact that from 20th century philosophical
talk about Mind-Body Problem was cooling down. Because there
was no one to who had empirical experience of Mind/Soul.
The fun was people were trying to solve the puzzle of
consciousness and mind-body problem without any perception of
it! I was delighted as ‘ShrijiMaharaj’, the prime orator of the
book “Vachnamrutam”, had talked about consciousness based on
His own perceptual and empirical experiences of consciousness.
He was the one who had real perceptions of mind/soul. He didn’t
guess or derived it after hypothesis, but He talked about it very
confidently and precisely based on His real experiences. We will
know about ShrijiMaharaj’s perceptions and experiences about
consciousness in section “ShrijiMaharaj’s Exclusive 100%
experiences of consciousness”.
Then comes the section “Vachnamrutam.” There we will list
some exclusive and exciting facts on Mind-Body problem and
Consciousness.
Thereafter in section “Modern Discoveries – Reincarnation,
NDE, OBE and Hypnosis”, I have put some real prominent cases
to help us understand the mysteries.
In next section “Solution to Mind-Body Problem” there are
some very strong arguments to prove that:
1. Body, Brain, Mind, Consciousness, Soul - all these are
completely different and separate (There is much more than
dualism)
2. Mind and Soul are also substances (Descarte termed it as
Non-Material), we can term it as “Jiva” instead of Mind.
3. Consciousness is a property of an element / substance “Jiva”
At last we will discuss about:
If we want to understand “Consciousness”, then we need to
change some of our current fundamental beliefs.
How the knowledge of consciousness, self and “Jiva” or
“Atman/Soul” can solve current personal, family, social, political
and international problems?
II. SHRIJIMAHARAJ’S EXCLUSIVE CONTROL AND
100% EMPIRICAL EXPERIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
As I told earlier, due to lack of empirical experience of
consciousness, the philosophical inquiries on consciousness,
mind and body etc…became mysteries before us. But here I am
introducing a personality ‘ShrijiMaharaj’, who had 100%
empirical experience of Body-Mind-Consciousness and Soul.
ShrijiMaharaj was born on 3rd April, 1781 in a small village
“Chapiya”, Nr. Ayodhya, Uttar pradesh, India. He had some
super natural qualities since His birth. He could see His self
(consciousness, mind and soul), could control other’s
consciousness to act them as per His wish. There are many
incidences, I point to some of them related to topic here:
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1. Once there was a philosophical debate in a village Mandavi,
Kutchh, Gujarat, India. ShrijiMaharaj won the opponent
named “KhaiyaKhatri”. A fan of KhaiyaKhatree started
abusing at ShrijiMaharaj.
ShrijiMaharaj took control of that guy’s consciousness and
suddenly he started appraising and appreciating
ShrijiMaharaj’s win. ShrijiMaharaj told him to remove his
hairs from head and become a monk. He removed his hairs
and wear monk’s clothes. When ShrijiMaharaj released his
consciousness back, that guy was amazed how he could
remove his hair and wear the clothes of monk. Everyone
started laughing at him and praised the super natural powers
of ShrijiMaharaj.
2. He was able to see and control not only His own
consciousness but He was able to control others’ in large
number as well! He could control thousands of people’s
consciousness at once and send them into “Samadhi”, for
few hours and sometimes for many days or few months.
Very often He caused people at large feel ‘Out of Body
Experience’.
As I told earlier, ShreejiMaharaj had empirical experience
of consciousness, here are His two clear statements:
1. “I Exercise complete control over my buddhi, man, chitt and
ahamkar. In fact I seize my antahkaran just as a lion clutches
a goat, whereas others can’t even see their antahkaran.” 1
2. “I slept very soundly last night, and though I tried very hard
to awake, I could not. During that sleep, I thought a great
deal. It is based upon these thoughts that I have taken a
resolution, about whichI shall now tell you.” He then said,
“Even before Imet RāmānandSwāmi (Spiritual Guru), I
could see Myātmā as if it were before My eyes, and I also
see it now. That ātmā is luminous with light like that of the
sun. Even amidst the activities of all Myindriyas, I do not
lose awareness of that ātmā for even a moment.” 2
He had also shown the way, how one can have such
empirical experience of consciousness! He said:
 “In actual fact, such ātmā-realisation is very difficult to
attain. Only a fortunate person who has sanskārs of many
past lives is able to attain such realisation, whereas if
someone else were to contemplate upon the ātmā for even a
hundred years, he would still not attain realisation. “So how
can one attain ātmā-realisation? Well, when one meditates
on the form of Shri Krishna Bhagwān, it is not at all difficult
to attain realisation. Conversely, no one should even hope of
realising or seeing the ātmā by merely contemplating upon it
without meditating on God.
He had 100% true experience of consciousness over others, that
we can understand when He commented on some of the earlier
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Gadhada Section, 1/18, Vachnamrutam
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personalities who claimed to see “Atman” or consciousness.
Once His disciple Brahmānand Swāmi asked, “Many see the jiva
to be like a star, or like the flame of an oil lamp, or like the flash
from a firecracker. How should one understand these differences
in experiences?”
 ShrijiMahārāj explained, “People describe the nature of the
jiva according to however they have seen it. But, because
they have not attained transcendent vision, they do not see
the ātmā as it is. However, when a person’s vision does
become transcendent and one with his ātmā, he no longer
perceives the divisions of the different organs of the
indriyas; instead, he realises the ātmā as it truly is.” 3
 He was able to separate His own soul from body and depart
at His will!
It was on 1st june 1830, He told: ‘I want to leave this body
and return to my abode. He sat in Padmasana (Yogic Posture)
and in front of a large crowd, He departed His soul from body
and thus left His body.
So to summarize this section we can conclude: 1.
ShrijiMaharaj talked about consciousness based on His empirical
experience, which we find nowhere else. 2. He could see/control
consciousness of His own and others as well 3. He knew how
others can experience it empirically and gave tips for it.
III. VACHNAMRUTAM
Vachnamrutam is a collection of 262 chapters, grouped
by name of villages where each chapter was delivered as a
discourse or discussion mostly in form of question answer.
Gadhada is a village, same way Loya is a village. So depending
on villages it’s divided in 7 groups – Gadhada, Sarangpur,
Kariyani, Loya, Panchala, Vartal and Amdavad. All of these
villages are located in Gujarat, India.
In reference to the book Vachnamrutam, our modern age
knowledge of mind and body is that of abacus machine. Actually
human body is a most complex creation than any super computer
or AI machine man had ever created. Vachnamrutam holds that
in a live human body, there are 51 elements 4 working in
conjunction to one another! It has detailed following information
on those 51 elements:
1. Their properties
2. Substance they are made of
3. Interaction among them
4. What are their dependencies to one another?
In fact it describes the whole working model of human
body in much detail. It can help many sciences and faculties like
medicine, psychiatrist, Psychologists, Neurosurgeon etc…
Loya Section / 15, Vachnamrutam
3 7
3 gunas, 10 indriyas, 10 prāns, 4 antahkarans, 5 bhuts, 5 panchvishays,
4 8
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It solves very nicely - our modern day philosophical
mysteries like ‘Consciousness’ and ‘Mind-Body problem’. As
there is much more in Vachnamrutam like: what happens after
death? How consciousness travels in time and space? What are
other body forms consciousness can have after death of human
body? Where does soul live after death? Origin of
Consciousness? Description of places soul travels to? How to
cease rebirth? Is there consciousness in trees or animals? What is
the salvation? Why do we dream? How to conquer sorrow and
keep the state of happiness intact forever? It also includes
discussions related to Ontology, Epistemology, Theology,Life
Cycle of Consciousness etc. So there is an ocean of knowledge in
Vachnamrutamm. But in this paper I have solved only the
mysteries of ‘Consciousness’ and ‘Mind-Body Problem’ out of
it.
Vachnamrutam is mostly a question – answer type book.
Philosophy scholars, common people have asked questions and
ShrijiMaharaj had answered them. Some often ShrijiMaharaj had
thrown light on typical topics willingly. So, prime character of
the book is ShrijiMaharaj, who had empirical experience of said
mysteries.
Now I recall some of His statements about mind and
body to be separate, those match very closely with modern
discoveries of reincarnation. I will match them later with
reincarnation.
He stated: “Furthermore, this body should not be believed to be
one’s true self. Nor should one’s bodily relations be regarded as
one’s true relations.”5
“That ātmā is neither a Brāhmin, nor a Kshatriya, nor a Kanbi. It
is no one’s son and no one’s father. It belongs to no caste and to
no class.”6
“...the jivātmā is given a dagli (shirt) in the form of this body,
which is born sometimes to a Brāhmin (a caste in India) couple;
sometimes to a low-caste couple ….”7
“… thejivātmā, is neither male nor female - it is characterised by
pure existence and consciousness.” 8
“… Due to the difference between an effect and its cause, there
are two types of elements. The elements that are in the form of
the cause are chaitanya, and the elements that are in the form of
the effect are jad (material). Now, in actuality, the jiva (atman)
resides in the heart; but through its power of consciousness, it
behaves with oneness with the body, indriyas and antahkaran. As
a result, the body, indriyas, etc., appear to be chaitanya
(moving/acting etc), but in reality they are jad (material). 9
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Gadhada Section, 1/21, Vachnamrutam
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Gadhda Section 3/39, Vachnamrutam
Gadhada Section 1/44, Vachnamrutam
Gadhada Section 3/22, Vachnamrutam
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“….. ātmā has experienced death in countless ways, yet it has not
perished. It has remained as it is.”10
It is to realise the ātmā as being distinct from the body. 11
“… (ātmā) is also full of consciousness. … When an ant is
touched by a finger, it moves and turns back. Same way the ātmā
is full of consciousness.” 12Thus He has told consciousness to be
a property of ātmā,
IV. MODERN DISCOVERIES – REINCARNATION,
NDE, OBE AND HYPNOSIS.
Here in this section we will explore some real case studies,
some researchers have spent their life behind it for an extensive
research. These cases are published in Time magazine, Ney York
Times, BBC and some of the bestselling books. The discoveries I
want to mention are Reincarnation, Near Death Experiences/Out
of Body Experiences and Hypnosis.
A. Reincarnation
Reincarnation is a paradox to accept. But it’s being
accepted rapidly across the globe by doctors and scientists as
well as common people at large. Let me list here some leading
news supporting reincarnation.
New York Times declares as, “According to data released
last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a
quarter of Americans now believe in reincarnation. (Women are
more likely to believe than men; Democrats more likely than
Republicans.)”13
Dr. Michael Newtonafter his research says that we never
die. After research he confirms that Life-Death-Life cycle is real.
Now I list some cases of reincarnation from Dr. Ian Stevenson’s
book “Twenty suggestive cases of reincarnation”.
V. CASE OF NIRMAL
Nirmal was a ten year old boy who died in 1950 and got his
next birth in KosiKalan (District Mathura, U.P.,India). He was
then named Prakash. Sometimes Prakash would say, “I am
Nirmal, not Prakash.” He recalled the names of Nirmal’s
relatives and friends. He identified his past life’s father as well.
When prakashwas brought to KosiKalan, he identifiedNirmal’s
brother, 2 aunts, and neighbours.Also identified parts of house he
lived before.”
VI. CASE OF JASBIR
Case of Jasbir was a little different. He was first born to
GirdharilalJat, Rasulpur, Muzaffarnagar, U.P., India. Due to
smallpox he died. As it was night, people decided to bury jasbir
in day time next day. After few hours jasbir got alive. It took him
few days to get well and speak again. But it was astonishing that
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Gadhada Section 3/39, Vachnamrutam
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Gadhada Section 3/39, Vachnamrutam
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there was a complete change in his behaviour. He reported that “I
am not jasbir, rather I belong to Shankar (my father), village
vedehi. He refused to eat and said, “I belong to higher cast
‘Brahmin’, I can’t eat here. After investigation it was found true
that he recalled his previous life of Sobha Ram.
Now, we go to a bit past. In May 1954 a man Sobha Ram
died as described by Jasbir. The book describes: “it was Sobha
Ram who reincarnated as Jasbir and recalled his past life. The
moment Sobha Ram died, He entered the dead body of Jasbir.
So, Jasbir now started behaving and acting as Sobha Ram.”
Jasbir told everything about Sobharam. Interesting fact is, in
other reincarnation cases the victim born after death of his/her
previous life. In this case the previous one sobharam was alive
when jasbir died. He entered jasbir’s body. I will comment on
this case specially later on.
The above incidence proves that consciousness can enter
into a dead body as happened with Shankararacharya. .He
entered dead body of a King for several days.
VII. CASE OF SUKLA
Sri K.N. Sen Gupta had a daughter ‘Shukla’. They lived in
village ‘Kampa’, West Bengal.She was born in 1954, March.
When she was 1½ yearold, she remembered memories of her
past life’s daughter “Minu”. She remembered her previous life’s
husband as well. Then also his younger brothers Khetu and
Karuna. She was at Bhatpara in previous life. It was 41 miles of
her current birth place “Kampa”. In summer 1959 when she
visited Bhatpara, she led everyone to her past home. She
identified various objects, including saris that had belonged to
her daughter Minu. Suklahad deep affection with her previous
family members than current one. She wanted to go back to her
past family members.
This incidence shows that the conscious preserves the
feelings of past lives with it. So brain is not responsible for
feelings, its conscious element which is responsible for feelings.
VIII. CASE OF SWARNALATA
On 02-03-1948, Swarnalata was born at Shahpur,
Madhya Pradesh.She was 3½ years old, when she was on a trip
to Jabalpur with her father, 170 miles from her home town. On
return, when they passed by the city of Katniwhich is 57 miles
from jabalpur, Swarnlata unexpectedly told: We are at my house.
While they were enjoying tea at Katani, she told: “We can have
much better tea at my home.” She started talking about her past
life’s house which was at Katni. Swarnalata remembered
memories of her two past lives. Previous to this birth, she was a
boy kamleshand died at age of 11. She learnt some dances and
lyrics in Bengali language. Those she remembered in birth of
Swarnalata and performed those dance and lyrics as well. The
lyrics were in bengali which she never came across in this birth.
She knew hindi language in current birth but memorised previous
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birth’s lyrics in bengali and dance. She could perform it very
well without any training or practice in current birth.
Please remember these cases, as I will recall them subsequently
to unfold the mysteries in following sections.
A. “Solution to Mind-Body Problem”
There is a century long debated philosophical problem as
“Mind-Body Problem”. The debate on this problem is – “Only
body is everything or Mind also exists independent of Body?” If
mind is separate and non-physical then how it interacts on body
and vice – versa?
ShrijiMaharaj had continuous perception of His self. He
didn’t experience it accidentally or by chance. He had complete
control over it. He could control consciousness of others too.
ShrijiMaharaj has clearly stated this difference, “…Due to
the difference between an effect and its cause, there are two types
of elements. The elements that are in the form of the cause are
chaitanya14, and the elements that are in the form of the effect are
jad15. Now, in actuality, the jiva16resides in the heart; but through
its power of consciousness, it behaves with oneness with the
body, indriyas17and antahkaran. As a result, the body, indriyas,
etc., appear to be chaitanya, but in reality they are jad.” 18
In above phrase it is said that body is non-conscious and it
looks lively only because of the conscious element resides in it.
Here He said that the cause element (consciousness) is
responsible for life in the effect element (body) is lifeless and
material thing. Same thing is proved with the reincarnation cases
listed in previous section. When the cause element left the body,
it became dead. The same element was cause of life in next birth
in new body.
In this section I will prove/describe 2 points as follows that
solves “Mind-Body problem”:
 There is something absolutely different than Body,
responsible for consciousness
 That different thing than body is an element / substance
(Descarte termed it as Non-Material) and Causal Interaction
between Mind-Body
 How to have an empirical experience of Conscious element?
 Mind and Body are completely different
If we think about above reincarnation cases, then we find
that body of previous birth is cremated or buried, that means
brain turned to ashes or dirt. If we maintain that brain is
responsible for memory, then howone could carry memory to
next birth?
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15
Conscious, Lively element
Non-Conscious, Mere material thing with no life in it
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The conscious element, Aatma/Soul
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Five Senses (touch, smell, taste,
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So here is a list what reincarnation refutes:
 It refutes all those theories, which believe and relate
everything (Thoughts, Feelings, Learning, Qualia) to
body and brain.
 It refutes the concept: “Everything vanishes with body.”
 It refutes to those who don’t believe in “Mind and Body
to be different”.
 It refutes mind to be a non-material or non-physical
thing.
The Reincarnation cases establish that:
 There is something which is absolutely different than
body, which carries information up to next births. Let’s
term this element different than body as “Jiva”. From
now onwards I will use the word “Jiva” for Substance
different from body.
 “Jiva” is common to next birth’s bodies and carry
forward memories/experiences/feelings/learnings.
 If we look at the case of Swarnalata, her
memories/experiences/feelings/earning etc..all carried to
her next births. She had deep feelings and sympathy for
her past life family members. She got emotional while
remembered past life incidences. She learned dance and
lyrics in previous birth and preserved it as it is, even in
next birth. From this we can say: ‘Jiva’ can learn and
has capability to sustain and remember what it learned.
Because dance is a complex art to act in sync with
song/lyrics. Swarnalata didn’t learn dance in new birth,
she learned it in past birth when she was a boy
“Kamlesh”. It shows us that the “Jiva” is independent of
body and when it is in another body or next birth, it can
interact on body to dance the same way it learned in
previous birth. It proves Jiva’s interaction on body.
 From Jasbir’s case we can conclude that “Jiva” is life to
body. When “Jiva” departs, the very moment body
becomes dead. Jasbir was dead as “Jiva” flew away
from it. When “Jiva” of Shobharam entered Jasbir’s
body, there was again life in it.
 Most of the doctors define death to the death of brain or
heart. This is not true. Because some people had a
normal death without any disease or complain. Those
who didn’t encounter any serious injury to heart or brain
also die a normal death.
If we hold‘breathing’ to be responsible for life, then it’s
not true,because after deathwe can put a person on artificial
breathing system. Person’slungs may breathe artificially,but
might not have any life in it.
We also have a puzzle about abortion to be legal or not?
Is there any life in a foetus? Yes, the “Jiva” of previous birth
enters into the growing child’s body into the womb. To grow it
needs life. Life is due to “Jiva” only. So we can conclude that
from very first day, foetus need life and thus “Jiva” in it. As there
is “Jiva” in it, there is life. So abortion is to kill a life or person
supposed to come on earth.
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B. Few Reasons for “Jiva” to be a substance
 For anything to exist independently, it must be some short of
material or substance. From reincarnation case and NDE we
can maintain that “Jiva” have to be a substance because it
exists independently. This substance can be different from
our understanding of material / substance. It might be away
from our perceptual catch.
 Anything travel in space and time has to be a substance or
material. “Jiva” travels from one body to another in space
and time.
 Anything interact on material has to be some form of
material / substance. In reincarnation cases, the feelings
belonging to previous family members were not developed
in current body. We acknowledged that a person cry or
worry for previous life’s family members then tears are to
current body. This implies that “Jiva” (who carried previous
birth’s feelings in current body) interacts on body, so it must
be a substance.
 A substance/material is required to store any kind of
information. “Jiva” stores information of past lives and
carries it to next lives. So “Jiva” is a substance/material.
 For “Jiva” to be a substance, raises the possibility of its
interaction on body. Thus a most debated question “How can
mind interact on body?” is solved. As “Jiva” is a substance
and body is material thing, interaction is possible.
C. How to experience consciousness empirically?
Most often people state “Jiva” (the element other than body)
to be non-physical as they can’t see or have any empirical
experience of it.
But there are so many things which are physical, still we
can’t see it. Can we see X-Rays? Waves emitting from TV
Remote? So it’s due to limitation of our senses, we don’t see
many physical things. Same way we don’t see “Jiva” but it is
physical. When limitation of senses is overcome by Yogic
Procedures, person’s perceptual capacity increases and then one
can have empirical perception of Atma and everything that
exists. ShrijiMaharaj told it as,
 “With regards to the strength of the indriyas, one who
practises yoga coupled with austerities, nivrutti dharma, and
vairāgya attains yogic powers like that of Shukji. …...19”
 “…a person whose mind’s vrutti is constantly focused on the
form of God can instantly see, if he so wishes, the forms of
jiva, ishwar, māyā and Brahma.”20
 “…. Furthermore, when this thought meets with the ātmā,
divine light is generated in the heart of the thinker, and he
has the realisation of himself as being brahmarup. In
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Gadhadha Section 1/1, Vachnamrutam
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addition, he also has the realisation of ParabrahmaNārāyan -
who resides within that Brahma.
 “…“It is also My command that all paramhansas and all
satsangis should continue performing a ‘gnān-yagna’. While
performing a ‘gnān-yagna’ in this manner, one ultimately
has a divine vision of Parabrahma within one’s own self,
which is Brahma. This is the fruit of the ‘gnān-yagna’. The
climax of the ‘gnān-yagna’ ritual is when one becomes like a
niranna-mukta of Shwetdwip.”21
B. Hypnotic Regression
One may raise an objection, “Few out of billions of people
can recall previous birth’s memories, very low in percentages.
Why should we judge that reincarnation is true for everyone?”
The objection is overruled by another modern day discoveries –
“Past Life Regression.”
Past life regression is a technique that uses hypnosis to
recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives.
Here is a much famous real case of Virginia Tighe, it was
highlighted by reputed magazines and newspapers like ‘New
York Times’. Later the case was filmed as well.
In 1952, hypnotist Morey Bernsteinput housewife
Virginia Tighe (Ruth Simmons) in a trance.It brought her
toTighe's past life when she was Irishwoman of 19th-century.
Now it was her rebirth in the United States after 59 years.After
Bernstein taken back Tigheto childhood through hypnosis
regression therapy. He then attempted to take Tighe one step
further, before birth, and was surprised thatshe was talking about
her past life as Bridey Murphy, born to Duncan (a barrister)
Murphy and started talking when she was aged 8 then.
She talked much about her past life then.22
C. Near Death Experiences
Time Magazine reported that, “Gallup poll says that,
nearly 8 million Americans claim for experiencing a near-death
experience (NDE), Many of them count it as proof of an
afterlife—a parallel, spiritual realm, more real, many say, than
this one. Raymond Moody, writer of Life After Life in 1975, one
of the first popular books about NDEs, told CNN in 2013 that
among people who have had such experiences, conviction about
an afterlife transcends the particulars of religion.” 23
Near Death Experiences (NDE) implies something
separate than body. It can travel, see, feel, remember, think
without body. When there is a death of a person, its self or atma
get out of body and resides somewhere else till next birth. People
with Near Death Experience reported it to be hell or heaven.
NDE also proves a substance atma to exist independent of body
21
Gadhadha Section 2/8, Vachnamrutam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridey_Murphy
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http://time.com/68381/life-beyond-death-the-science-of-the-
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and possesses much more power and ability than body. Here are
listed some prominent supportive statements from leading
personalities and magazines.
Dr. Robert Lanza24 says consciousness can never die.
The body dies, but does consciousness die with it?
No, he says.
Consciousness continues after the body dies. After he
worked in biocentrism, he stated consciousness to be
at the root of creation, it can never die.
Dr.Lanzastated that of constraints of time and space is not
applicatble to consciousness as it exists outside.It´s able to live in
the human body and outside of it. Death of consciousness simply
exists as a thought because people identify themselves with their
body.
Dr.Melvin L. Morse, pediatrician&
neuroscientist.One of America's top
pediatricians.Since 1980 he has studied NDE of
children his research tells these experiences to
be real.
He said, "We want to explore and promote the practical
applications of understanding this new paradigm of
consciousness". 25
He was overwhelmed through lot of feedback from children
reporting a near-death experience. Dr. Morse refers to these
feedbacks in several of his books and here are few of them:
Chris (8 year old) boy when his heart stopped beating, he
was dead and resuscitatedtold, "Dr. Morse, I have a wonderful
secret for you. I was climbing a staircase to heaven".
Drowned in a swimming pool, a seven year old girl came
back to life and after her near-death experience she drew a
picture of heaven and she included her unborn brother (angels
told her that your brother will born with heart disease. She
showed it to Dr.Morse after her brother born with said
symptoms.
P.M.H. Atwaterhas interviewed more than 3,000
people with near-death experience. Her research
about the after-effects of near-death were
published in 1981 in Vital Signs magazine.
In her research Atwater heard many near-death
experience stories and in one of them we meet "Ken" who shares
his story. He´s being rushed to the emergency room after an
accident. He "dies" and describes what happened:
24He´s been voted the 3rd most important scientist alive by the NY Times and
voted one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Dr.
Lanza is the author of the book titled Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness
Are the Keys to Understanding the Nature of the Universe.
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My eyes were open, but I did not see. I had the sensation of
moving through a dark space then I suddenly was in the light. I
was across the emergency room by the counter and could see the
gurney flanked by a State Trooper.
Dr. Raymond Moody, M.D., Ph.D. coined the word “Near Death
Experience for first time. His 12 books on NDE hit the market
with 20 million copies sold.
His pioneering work transformed the thinking
about life and death. His book Life After Life
shock millions of people. New York Times
calls him “the father of the near-death
experience.
He continues to draw enormous public interest and generate
controversy with his ground-breaking works on the near-death
experience and what happens when we die.
 le encounter afterlife experiences passiing comments – “It
happens in those countries who believe in reincarnation or
those who are orthodox believe in GOD etc….”
 There is a person who didn’t believed in reincarnation nor in
GOD before. He is Mellen-Thomas Benedict: The most
studied near deather in the worldsharing his experience ….
Mellen-Thomas Benedict suffered terminal brain cancer in 1982.
When he "died" he was lifeless for 1 ½ hour. Then he returned to
his body with a complete remission of the disease. Deepak
Chopra has called him the encyclopedia of the afterlife.
After he "died" he was taken to the light. He explains:
I was rocketing away from the planet on the stream of Life.
I saw the earth fly away. The solar system, in all itssplendor,
whizzed by and disappeared. At faster than light speed, I flew
through the center of the galaxy, absorbing more knowledge as I
went. I learned that this galaxy, and all of the Universe, is
bursting with many different varieties of LIFE. I saw many
worlds. When he cried for help, an angel helped him as well.
 Dr. Eben Alexander - A Neurosergeon who didn’t believed
in afterlife changed his opinion after himself experienced
NDE in a book “Proof of heaven, A neurosurgeon’s Journey
into the Afterlife”
In 2008, Dr.Eben Alexander’s brain was severely
impaired andleft him into a weeklong coma.
He returned back from coma and told his NDE
story.
During those seven days in coma, he was in the
deepest realms of consciousness. In October
2012 he published “Proof of Heaven”. He says:
As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-
death experiences. I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a
neurosurgeon….. there is no scientific explanation for the fact
that while my body lay in coma, my mind—my conscious, inner
self—was alive and well. While the neurons of my cortex were
stunned to complete inactivity by the bacteria that had attacked
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them, my brain-free consciousness journeyed to another, larger
dimension of the universe: a dimension I’d never dreamed
existed and which the old, pre-coma me would have been more
than happy to explain was a simple impossibility.
Gary R. Renard also mentions this in his book The
Disappearance Of The Universe. He says:
The body is the vehicle or the container used by
consciousness to experience itself. If you drive a
car and the car breaks down you leave the car
behind and continue your journey. The same with
consciousness. The body breaks down and dies,
but consciousness (the driver) moves on.
IX. CONSCIOUSNESS
So what is consciousness?
Most of the people, Philosophical theories and sciences try
to relate consciousness to brain. But as I have mentioned earlier,
brain is cremated in case of reincarnation cases. Still memories,
experiences, feelings transferred to next birth! So consciousness
is completely different than body and it has prime role in body
than brain.
As ShrijiMaharaj told, “There are two types of elements –
one is cause element and another is effect. Consciousness is the
cause element and body is effect element.”
So first thing to understand consciousness is: “It’s a
completely different substance than body.”
It uses body to percept or experience external world. How it
interact with body?
He says, “From there (Heart), when it wants to see, it does
so through the eyes; when it wants to hear sounds, it does so
through the ears; it smells all types of smells through the nose; it
tastes through the tongue; and through the skin, it experiences the
pleasures of all sensations. In addition, it thinks through the man,
contemplates through the chitt and makes convictions through
the buddhi. In this manner, through the ten indriyas and the four
antahkarans, it indulges in all of the vishays. It pervades the
entire body from head to toe, yet is distinct from it. Such is the
nature of the jiva.”
It’s consciousness who see, not the eyes. Its conscious
smells not the nose. All the five senses eyes, nose, ear, skin and
tongue are mere containers. Let me give an example:
Robert is at his room window, looking to road outside. John
passes walking on road. Few minutes later Mark came to Robert
and asked, “Did you see John today?” Robert says, ‘No’.
Actually Robert’s eyes saw John, but at that very moment he was
not mentally present, he was thinking about his exams. Here,
eyes saw john, but consciousness was not engaged. It concludes:
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Eyes have secondary role and consciousness has prime role in
seeing. Same is true for all five senses.
Actually consciousness receives perceptions and experience
generated at sense organs (eye, ear, skin etc) through brain and
nervous system! Consciousness depends upon brain and nervous
system, so we confuse consciousness with brain. Scientists and
researchers now need to focus on ‘Conscious element behind the
brain!’ then only the mystery will get solved!
Earlier I have mentioned 51 elements working together
inside body. How do they interact and related to each other are
explored as follows.
ShrijiMahārāj then explained, “The sthul body26 is
composed of the five elements known as the five mahābhuts1:
pruthvi, jal, etc. The sukshma body 27is composed of 19
elements: the five gnān-indriyas, the five karma-indriyas, the five
prāns and the four antahkarans. Yet, only when the sukshma
body is interwoven with the sthul body can all activities be
carried out properly, but not otherwise. This is because only
when the sukshma body, together with the indriyas, joins the
sthul body - which includes the indriyas’ organs, i.e., the eyes,
ears, etc. - can the respective vishays of those indriyas be
indulged in. This is not possible by the indriyas’ organs of the
sthul body alone. Thus, the sukshma body composed of the 19
elements is interwoven with the sthul body composed of the five
elements. That is why the sthul body is also said to be composed
of 24 elements.
“In the same manner, the pleasures of the sukshma body
can only be indulged in when the sukshma body behaves as one
with the sthul body, which is composed of the five elements. …
Thus, there is oneness between the sthul body and the sukshma
body during the waking state and the dream state.”28
What is the specific location of conscious element in the
body? ShreejiMaharaj Says, “It resides in the hrudayākāsh
(Space within the heart, Spiritual region of the heart), and while
staying there it performs different functions.” 29
For its shape He says,
“That jiva appears to be in one place; it appears to be as fine as
the tip of a spear; and it appears to be extremely subtle.” 30
How conscious element (Jiva) interacts with body?
Thereupon ShrijiMahārāj said, “In the body, … there is a
transformation of the five mahābhuts into a disc of flesh, within
which the jiva resides. The jiva clings to this disc of flesh like a
torch made of rags that is set alight after being immersed in oil.
Also, just as fire pervades an iron nail, similarly, the jiva actually
resides in the disc of flesh, and by consciousness pervades the
26
Our Physical or Gross Body (made of earth, water, fire, air and void)
27
It’s a subtle body we can’t see. Made of 19 subtle elements related to mind,
senses etc.
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Sarangpur Section/14, Vachnamrutam
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Jetalpur Section / 2, Vachnamrutam
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Kariyani Section / 1, Vachnamrutam
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entire body. Therefore, regardless of where pain is felt in the
body, it is the jiva itself that feels the pain; so, in fact, the jiva
cannot be said to be separate from the pleasures and pains of the
body.”31
What are properties of conscious element ?
one should realise one’s true self as being the ātmā, distinct from
the body.
“That ātmā is neither a Brāhmin, nor a Kshatriya, nor a
Kanbi. It is no one’s son and no one’s father. It belongs to no
caste and to no class. It is radiant like the sun and fire; but it is
also full of consciousness. The flames of fire and the rays of the
sun are jad because they do not move when touched by the
finger. However, when an ant is touched by a finger, it moves
and turns back. This implies that the ātmā is full of
consciousness. It is said to be similar to the sun or to fire, but that
is merely because its form is similar in radiance.”32
We most often compare Robots, Cleverbots or Artificial
Intelligent Machines to Human Beings while talking about
consciousness!
We confuse with consciousness because,
 A bot chats with humans like a real human being,we can’t
decide whether a man or bot is on other side of chat
 As Human being learns, the Artificial machines can learn as
well and remember.
 Human beings can process data and take intelligent
decisions, today AI enabled systems are also doing it.
There could be still remarkable advancement in robotics and
AI. But still there are many things a robot or AI would never be
able to do because they don’t have the element “Atma” and its
property consciousness.
1. Will robot feel attraction as human being feels to opposite
sex?
2. Can it feel the joy when a tennis player wins a Wimbledon?
One may set robot to express joy while it win and sorrow
while it loses. But when a father loses a game to his 2 year
son trying to learn a game, still he feels joy! Can a robot
differentiate it or feel it?
3. Can it enjoy the feeling of eating something very delicious
we like?
4. Can it worry for its kid as a mother does?
5. It can demand fuel when it’s below some level of fuel or
battery. If we don’t fuel or recharge its battery, will it cry
like a child! Someone may set a crying alarm while battery
is below 2%. But when battery is 100% discharge? Can it
cry? It will require 2% of charging to cry! But can it feel
what hunger is? The difference is: “A child can cry even he
is 70% full at stomach, sometimes 80% full at stomach and
sometimes 100% full at stomach for the ice cream he likes
most! Sometimes even he is hungry, he may overlook his
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delicious item when busy watching cartoons he enjoys more
with it.” Do you think a robot or AI to have this ability?
6. While we say “Hello”, We have different feelings to our
loving ones over some stranger. Is it possible for a Robot or
AI machine to really feel this difference?
7. When a man chats with a woman, he feels bit of tickling.
Can a turing machine ever be able to feel this tickling?
8. We possess vast variety of feelings. Is it possible for a robot
or AI to possess all these collectively in it? Will it be able to
have feelings a mother has for its child? A spouse has for its
husband after she marry a person new to her life? Sympathy
for poor? Mercy for animals? Care for environment?
Phobia? Devotion to GOD? Thanks giving for helping ones?
Gratefulness towards teachers? Pity for being insulted?
Happy for being admired?
9. People commit suicide for them feeling loneliness as biggest
cause behind. A living creature has a quest for being loved?
Do robots be able to cultivate this feeling in future and will
they commit suicide while feeling lonely? Some may put a
kind of sensor in robot to feel lonely and destroy itself. But
opposite to it some people like to be lonely, they become
nervous while in crowd! Different Robots can’t have such
different sensations! They will sense and act for what they
are made for!
10. Any sort of Reincarnation is possible with robots or AI?
11. Can it feel anything like Near Death Experience or Out of
Body Experience?
12. Animals including human beings have ability to feel, robots
don’t have. But in modern age we are so busy with work and
goals, we don’t spend time to feel. People are busy with
offices, mobile phone, clubs and personal activities. They
don’t sit or spend time with his parents, spouse or children.
People don’t have time for funeral of their dear ones. They
do it on holidays! Man is towards becoming machine, so he
is forgetting feelings. Becoming a machine, man doesn’t see
the difference any more in machine and himself.
13. ShrijiMaharaj says, “..That in which the jivātmā dwells
when it indulges in the vishays is known as a ‘state’. There
are three types of states: waking, dream and deep sleep.”33
Thus Consciousness causes animals 3 states waking, dream
and sleep. Is it possible for robot to dream?
14. An AI car can drive without human driving. It will take the
shortest route to destination. But sometimes we choice for a
longer route as we love mountains and springs on that route.
AI robots of the car can possess such feelings and will take
long route at its own?
15. Robot may learn several languages but will it be inspired to
write a poem when there is a rainbow or a beautiful garden
in front of it?
Robots are made of physical materials, it doesn’t possess
conscious element. Conscious element can’t be produced
and kept in robots.
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X. CONCLUSION

To conclude I will say, “The knowledge of oneself

believing an conscious element is to accept that I am nor man
neither women, I never die but I am immortal (so what to worry
for?), I have come to earth for countless times, sometimes I was
billionaire and sometimes poor, sometimes ill and sometimes
healthy, sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly looking,
sometimes genius and sometimes average, sometimes to one
country and sometimes to other, sometimes to a religion and
sometimes to other. If we digest this very fact of being a soul /
conscious element, then world will be free of worry and war of
religion, cast, greed or any miseries. Because whatever we earn
or make is of no use when our body dies. Our good deeds mold
our future births. Let’s keep doing good to others and accept
everyone in this universe as of our family, because in some birth
you were part of anyone’s family! The connection we have
forgot in this birth!”

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